Believe is the second studio album by Australian guitarist Orianthi and her debut album recorded for a major label. It was released on 26 October 2009 by Geffen Records. The album's release was pushed back by Geffen to coincide with the compilation album This Is It by Michael Jackson, as a result of the publicity generated from her appearance in the concert film of the same name. The album peaked at number 77 at the Billboard 200.
The song "Believe" from which the album is titled, is a cover of the Niels Brinck's song "Believe Again", best known as the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai appears on and co-wrote the song "Highly Strung". "Suffocated", a cover of a song by American band Sound the Alarm, appears on the soundtrack of music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
The album was re-released as Believe (II) on 8 June 2010. Two tracks from Believe are remixed ("Bad News" and "Think Like a Man"), while "God Only Knows", "Untogether", and "Drive Away" are omitted. It also includes four new songs, including the album's second single "Shut Up and Kiss Me".
Contents
Track listing
All songs were produced by Howard Benson.
(Catalogue: 2724713)
Believe (II)
All songs produced by Howard Benson, except track 12 produced by RedOne.
Singles
"According to You" is the debut single off the album. The music video for the single was directed by Marc Klasfeld. The song became a radio hit and commercial success in her local country Australia by reaching number 8 on the ARIA Charts. The song quickly gained popularity in the US and peaked at number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 1 on American Top 40.
Personnel
Musicians
Orianthi – guitar, vocals
Steve Vai – guitar
Phil X – guitar
Marc VanGool - guitar
Brian Chiusano – guitar
Tal Herzberg – bass, engineer, executive producer, A&R
Paul Bushnell – bass
Chris Chaney – bass
Frank Zummo – drums
Josh Freese – drums
Michito Sánchez – percussion
Howard Benson – keyboards, programming, producer
Kim Bullard – keyboards, programming
Production
Simon Fuller – executive producer
Stirling McIlwaine – executive producer
Ron Fair – executive producer
Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer
Ryan Shanahan – assistant engineer
Jimmy Fahey – assistant engineer
Paul DeCarli – digital editing
Brad Townsend – mixing
Andrew Schubert – mixing
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
Ted Jensen – mastering
Chapman Baehler – photography
Marc VanGool – guitar, guitar technician
Jon Nicholson – drum technician
Keki Mingus – creative director
Cliff Feiman – production supervisor